Apparel corset



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' D. Kops APPAREL CORSET Filed April 20. 1923 2 sheets-sneek. 1

June 24, 1924. 1,499,109

D. KOFS APPAREL CORSET Filed April 2o, 192:5 2 shamsheet 2 Patented .inne2i, 1924.

DANIEL KCFS, OF NEW' YGRK, N. Y., ASSG-NOR T0 .KQPS BROTHERS, NC., OF NEVI YORK, N. Y., A CGR-PORATION OF NVEXT YORK.

APBAREL CORSET.

' Application tiled April 20, 1923. Serial No. 633,363.

T 0 all whoml t may concern.'

Be it known that I, DANIEL Kors, a citizen ot the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New rYork, have invented an Iniprovementl in Apparel Corsets, ot which the following is a specification.A

This invention relates to an apparelv corset' and more particularly to that type ot corset garment in which self-reducing straps are employed. Heretotore, as l am aware, apparel corsets embodying self-reducing straps have also been constructed to include tension skirt portions and thelower front portionsv of the garment in 4position when the wearer isV standing, but the tension exerted'by the hose supportersbeing more or less released when the wearer is seated there is no provi- .sion in this type ot garment tor maintaining the lower 'front portions thereof, including the skirt sections, in place when the wearer is seated. So Jfar as I am aware no provision has been made heretofore to mold or confine the upper yportion of the thigh and to main.

tain the skirt section ot the garment in position when the wearer seated. The object of my present invention is primarily to overcome this diiiiculty and in carrying out the same I provide an apparel corset in which in the lower front portions thereot' there are selireducing straps preferably adjustable `to position and underlying tension straps which are so placedas to overlie the upper portion ot the thigh immediately below the groin section tomaintain the lower iront portions of the garment, including the skirt section, in position when the wearer is standing to confine and mold this portion oit the body,rand when the wearer is seated to lit the thighy immediately below the groin section to maintain the skirt section of the garment in place. The corset made in accordance'withv my invention will be hereinafter more particularly described in conjunction with the vaccompanying drawing in which,-

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improved corset garment. l

ig. 2 is a similar view on a smaller scale showing the positions ot the garment when the wearer is seated.

Fig?) is an enlarged partial front elevation, andv Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the inside t the corresponding part of the garment shown in F ig. 8.

The corset made in accordance with thisl invention is preferably constructed in the usual corset body halves illustrated at 10 and 11 and adapted to be connected at the back with the usual laces. At the front the corset body halves are provided with iront steels 12 and 13 secured in the usual manner in the front steel sections 14.- and 15. One of the trent steels is provided with a' series of spaced. sockets 1G adapted to receive a' correspondingly spaced series Vof studs 1'? on the otherv corset steel to connect the parts ot the garment at the trent thereot.- Below the front steels the front steel sections are provided with eXtensions 18 and 19 depending appreciably Vbelow the lover ends ot the steels. One of these 'trent extensions is iitted with a hook 20 and the other with an eye 21 adapted to be engaged to connect the extensions to one another. The right corset body h'alic is provided with a skirt 22 and the left corset body half with a skirt 2 3. These skirts are provided with tront extensions' 24: and 25 respectively in a manner similar to that employed in corset garments in which self-reducing straps are employed.V

rllhe self-reducing straps, the tension straps and the manner in which they are securedv in the garment are similar in both corset body halves, the parts, as will be understood, being placed in oppositely disposed positions and for which reason the self-reducing strap, the. corresponding tension strap and the' parts associated therewith will be described in one corset body half only. The self-reducing strap is indicated at 26l and as is customary this is secured in the body of' the garment distant from the front steel section along a line or" stitching indicated at 27, the strapr being connected .in the garment from the points indicated at 28 and 29. The strap 26 extends forwardly from its line of connection in the garment and at its free forward edge is fitted with a series of spaced eyelets 30, either one of which is adapted to engage with astud 3l fixed in the lower portion of the corresponding front steel in order to adjust the self-reducing strap to position. The self-reducing strap includes a downward extension 32 which at its lower the self-reducing strap is connected to the body of the garment and by which the extension Q4 of the skirt section is also connected to the skirt. This Strap 24 lies between the self-reducing strap and the extension thereof and the adjacent portions of Y the skirt extension and the extension of the front 'steel section, and at its opposite end is connected to the extension of the front steel section along` the line of stitching indicated at 36 so as to assume a substantially circumferential position in the garment.

The front portion vof each corset body half of the garment is preferably fitted wtih stay members illustrated as being employed in pairs and designated at 37, 38 and 39 respectively, the lower ends of these stay members extending appreciably below the upper edge of the self-reducing strap and being spaced appreciably from the upper edge of the corresponding',tension strap..

Also as is customary, the extension of the front/steel sections is provided with a hose supporter indicated at 40 and the extremity of the tension strap extension and the lower forward end of the skirt extension to which it is connected are fitted with a hose supporter 4:1, these parts being connected preferably along the same lines of stitching, that is to say the hose supporter 41 issecured in the garment by the same lines of stitching as indicated at 33 which connect the lower extremity of the self-reducing strap to the lower forward redge of the skirt extension.

The self-reducing straps are placed in the garment in the usual manner and perform the function of shaping, molding and reducing the abdominal section of the body of the wearer. The tension straps are so placed in the garment as to extend across the upper front portions of the thigh to maintain the skirt sections in position when the wearer is standing and to coniine and mold this portion of the body to the desired shape, whereas when the wearer is seated the tension straps assume a position in which the upper edges thereof lie in the groin section of the wearer and obviously they exert a tension on the skirt section of the garment to maintain the same in place when the wearer is seated.

l claim as my invention:

l. In an apparel corset and in each corset body half thereof, a front steel section having an extension, a skirt depending below the groin line of the wearer, a selfreducing strap secured to the garment distant from the front steel, means for adjust-K'` ing the self-reducing strap to position at the lower end of the front steel, and a tension strap extending from the depending portion of the front steel section rearwardly being substantially coextensive with the self-reducing strap and connected to a portion of the skirt below the groin of the wearer so that the said tension strap extends across the upper front portion of the thigh and lies immediately below the groin of the wearer to exert a tension and maintain the skirt section in positionY across the thigh when the wearer is seated.

2. In an apparel corset and in each corset body half thereof, a front steel section having a portieri depending below the groin of the wearer, a skirt section also extending below the groin of the wearer, a selfreducing'strap secured along one edge in the body of the garment extending for-' wardly and adjustably connected to the front steel, the self-reducing strap having a downward extension andthe skirt a forward extension, a hose supporter connected to the extension of the selfereducing strap and the extension of the skirt member to exert a downward tension in the self-reducing strap and a lateral tension in the skirt member when the wearer is standing, and a tension strap connected at one end to the depending extension of the front steel Section and at the other end to the skirt member so as t0 extend across the upper front 115 portion of the thigh and to lie immediately beneath the groin of the wearer to maintain the skirt section in position across the thigh when the wearer is seated.

3. In an apparel corset and in each corset body half thereof, a front steel section having a portion depending below the groin line of the wearer, a skirt section also extending below the groin line of the wearer,

a self-reducing strap secured along one edge in the body of the garment extending forwardly to the front steel section at which the forward edge of the self-reducing strap is adjustably connected to the front steel, the self-reducing strap having a 'downward l() extension and the skirt member a forward extension, a hose supporter connected to the extension of the Self-reducing strap and also to the forward end of the extension of the skirt member to eXert a downward tension in the self-reducing strap and a lateral tension in the skirt member to maintain the skirt member in position when the wearer is standing, the said extension of the skirt member also being provided with a out away portion, and a tension strap lying in a position circumferentially of the garment and extending from the depending portion of the frontsteel section to a portion of the skirt member which is below the groin line 15 DANIEL KOPS. 

